Melatonin
A hormoneTells your body when to sleep, not how to stay asleep. Gummies tested held 74–347% of the label.
JAMA, 2023
Melatonin pills add a hormone. Saffron supports your own.*
A calmer mind, a cooler body and your own melatonin: one cup for the whole transition into sleep.*
You fall asleep fine. It's staying asleep that breaks.
Illustrative: based on how each approach works, not a head-to-head study.
Tells your body when to sleep, not how to stay asleep. Gummies tested held 74–347% of the label.
JAMA, 2023
Strongest on night one. Many find they help less over time, and mornings feel foggy.
Helps you nod off, then sleep turns lighter in the second half of the night.
Sold on a 3 a.m. “cortisol spike,” but cortisol rises like a slow tide. Banned from supplements in Denmark, 2023.
Proc. R. Soc. B, 2025
Three reviews found little human evidence that it crosses into the brain.
Reviews, 2024–2026
Researchers call the evidence “controversial and conflicting.”
Psychiatry Investigation, 2024
Not a sedative. Not a hormone. It helps your body do what it already does every night.*
Sleep that holds. Mornings that feel clear.*
Melatonin pills add the hormone. affron® saffron is studied for supporting your body's own, so the night signal rises on your schedule, not a pill's.*
The science120 adults, 28 days: better sleep quality and higher evening melatonin than placebo. Sleep Medicine, 2021
Three more ingredients, each with one job. Tap to see what each one does.
Relaxed, not sedated.*
A busy mind keeps your body on daytime alert. L-theanine, the calm in green tea, supports calm alpha brain waves.*
The science19 trials, 897 people: better sleep quality and daytime function, without sedation. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2025
The cool-down signal.*
Your core temperature has to drop for deep sleep, and it falls fastest 41 to 63 minutes before sleep. Glycine is studied for helping your body release that heat.*
The science3 g an hour before bed: the protocol used in human sleep studies. Nutrition Reviews, 2025 · J Clin Med review, 2026
Muscles let go.*
Magnesium supports normal muscle and nerve function, so your body can physically relax at the end of the day.*
The science[Add the magnesium source from the mechanism doc]
1Tear open a sachet
2Stir into warm water or milk
3Sip it an hour before bed
Warm or iced · [flavor] · 30 seconds
Other ingredients: [from the manufacturer]. No melatonin. Final label to come from the manufacturer.
MODEL SHOWN86 women, 12 weeks, affron® saffron vs placebo.
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2026. Funded by affron®'s maker; we'd rather you hear that from us.
Calmer wind-down*
Deeper sleep*
Clearer mornings*
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fell asleep more easily*
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Melatonin
Sedating sleep aids
Four studied ingredients for $1.33 a night.
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No. There's nothing sedating in it. It supports the steps your body already takes, so there's nothing to wear off at 8 a.m.*
Melatonin pills add the hormone itself, at doses that can drift far from the label. Saffron is studied for supporting the melatonin your body makes in the evening, so there's nothing to add and nothing to wear off by morning.*
Many people notice a calmer wind-down early on. Saffron builds over weeks: the studies ran 4 to 12 weeks, so give it a month before you judge.*
If you take medication, or are pregnant or nursing, check with your doctor first. Every ingredient and dose is on the label, so it's easy for them to check.
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